by linu » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:38:52
by dechuck » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:47:43
by Will Sutto » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:55:12
Only problem I can see is the home groundsman knowing who will have
the choice may doctor the pitch
by dechuck » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:56:17
> > Australia has won the toss and has decided to bat. Kandy in the recent
> past
> > has favoured the bowling side on the first day. Could be Zoysa's big
> > chance.
> I hate the toss. Would rather just be one toss at the beginning of the
> series
> and the Captain who wins then can give the opposition Captain the choice
> or take it himself. Then for the rest of the series then it rotates.
> Only problem I can see is the home groundsman knowing who will have
> the choice may doctor the pitch
by linu » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:03:13
> > Australia has won the toss and has decided to bat. Kandy in the recent
> past
> > has favoured the bowling side on the first day. Could be Zoysa's big
> > chance.
> Is Kandy like a typical Oz pitch if you can get through the first session
> only 1 or 2 down it becomes a good batting strip?
by Shripathi Kamat » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:53:31
WTF is the current SoB not playing?
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by dechuck » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:00:23
> > > Australia has won the toss and has decided to bat. Kandy in the
recent
> > past
> > > has favoured the bowling side on the first day. Could be Zoysa's big
> > > chance.
> > Is Kandy like a typical Oz pitch if you can get through the first
session
> > only 1 or 2 down it becomes a good batting strip?
> Yes, pretty much so, although most test matches played there recently have
> been relatively low scoring ones. Has a decent amount of bounce and pace
> the first day, will assist spinners during the later part of the game.
> Kandy has been experiencing rain last two days, which is very unusual for
> this time of the year. So one would think that there will be fair bit of
> grass on the pitch, which may assist fast bowling through out the game?
I love it that the Kandy Ground is privately owned by Trinity College, I
didn't realise this, very interesting
by linu » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:12:06
> > > > Australia has won the toss and has decided to bat. Kandy in the
> recent
> > > past
> > > > has favoured the bowling side on the first day. Could be Zoysa's
big
> > > > chance.
> > > Is Kandy like a typical Oz pitch if you can get through the first
> session
> > > only 1 or 2 down it becomes a good batting strip?
> > Yes, pretty much so, although most test matches played there recently
have
> > been relatively low scoring ones. Has a decent amount of bounce and
pace
> > the first day, will assist spinners during the later part of the game.
> > Kandy has been experiencing rain last two days, which is very unusual
for
> > this time of the year. So one would think that there will be fair bit
of
> > grass on the pitch, which may assist fast bowling through out the game?
> looked like it had quite a bit of grass on it when I saw it on the news,
> will be interesting to see how it behaves over the game if you think it
may
> be under prepared due to the weather.
> I love it that the Kandy Ground is privately owned by Trinity College, I
> didn't realise this, very interesting
by Shripathi Kamat » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:04:27
> > Australia has won the toss and has decided to bat. Kandy in the recent
> past
> > has favoured the bowling side on the first day. Could be Zoysa's big
> > chance.
> Get Hayden early, and they have a shot. Once the guy settles in, the rest
> of the team feeds off him.
+++
7.5 Zoysa to Hayden, no run, Drops him!! Pitching out side the off
stumps, Goes for a drive gets a thick out side edge and a straight
forward catch to Captain at first slips who drops it.
from cricinfo
+++
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by linu » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:20:43
> > > Australia has won the toss and has decided to bat. Kandy in the
recent
> > past
> > > has favoured the bowling side on the first day. Could be Zoysa's big
> > > chance.
> > Get Hayden early, and they have a shot. Once the guy settles in, the
rest
> > of the team feeds off him.
> Ay Caramba!
> +++
> 7.5 Zoysa to Hayden, no run, Drops him!! Pitching out side the off
> stumps, Goes for a drive gets a thick out side edge and a straight
> forward catch to Captain at first slips who drops it.
> from cricinfo
> +++
> --
> Shripathi Kamath
by dechuck » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:18:24
m>
> > > > Australia has won the toss and has decided to bat. Kandy in the
> recent
> > > past
> > > > has favoured the bowling side on the first day. Could be Zoysa's
big
> > > > chance.
> > > Get Hayden early, and they have a shot. Once the guy settles in, the
> rest
> > > of the team feeds off him.
> > Ay Caramba!
> > +++
> > 7.5 Zoysa to Hayden, no run, Drops him!! Pitching out side the off
> > stumps, Goes for a drive gets a thick out side edge and a
straight
> > forward catch to Captain at first slips who drops it.
> > from cricinfo
> > +++
> > --
> > Shripathi Kamath
> Idiot (Hashan)!
by Ulujai » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:22:09
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by Larry de Silv » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:29:22
> > > Australia has won the toss and has decided to bat. Kandy in the
recent
> > past
> > > has favoured the bowling side on the first day. Could be Zoysa's big
> > > chance.
> > Get Hayden early, and they have a shot. Once the guy settles in, the
rest
> > of the team feeds off him.
> Ay Caramba!
> +++
> 7.5 Zoysa to Hayden, no run, Drops him!! Pitching out side the off
> stumps, Goes for a drive gets a thick out side edge and a straight
> forward catch to Captain at first slips who drops it.
> from cricinfo
> +++
> --
> Shripathi Kamath
Laz
by John » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:38:30
> Start of a very bad test for SL I reckon. Dont know why but I just get this
> feeling that SL will really struggle in this test.
> Laz
It was really a catch that no first slip fielder should drop. It came
off the bat cleanly and Hashan saw this, dropped to one knee, had both
his hand there waiting for the ball to come to him - exactly the way any
slips fielder should.
Except as soon as the ball hit the hands it fell back out again.
Just as I type - Zoysa has Langer out...
by Ulujai » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:45:48
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